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Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Housing Schemes
David Stanton
38. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures put in place by his Department to ensure that those families that are not eligible for the cost-rental tenant-in-situ scheme are not made homeless as a result of their current property being put up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Housing Schemes
David Stanton
91. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans, if any, to adjust the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme to take into account families whose household income exceeds the limit specified in the scheme and where, because of the age of the applicant, a mortgage is not an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32922/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Schemes
David Stanton
117. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection when the maximum rent limits under the rent supplement scheme were last updated; the plans, if any, she has to increase these rent limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32912/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Schemes
David Stanton
144. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the rent supplement scheme can be used to assist Ukrainian nationals who are living in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive to avail of private rental accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33192/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Intellectual Property
David Stanton
210. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline if the working groups, the interdepartmental committee on the Unified Patent Court and the Enterprise Agencies Forum on the Unified Patent Court, previously established to examine the workings of Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court, have been reconvened, or when they will be reconvened; the current membership of, and organisations represented by, these working groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33424/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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Diplomatic Representation
David Stanton
51. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to establish a full-time Consulate General of Ireland in Montreal, Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33124/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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Trade Promotion
David Stanton
89. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Quebec, Canada, since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33129/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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EU Bodies
David Stanton
90. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of drafting the Amendment of the Constitution (Unified Patent Court) Bill seeking to amend Article 29 of the Constitution to recognise the international agreement on a Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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School Enrolments
David Stanton
92. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 293 and 301 of 20 June 2023, 79 of 24 November 2022 and 101 of 11 October 2022, if she has been made aware that there is still a sizeable number of students in east Cork who have not been offered a first-year place in a second-level school for the coming school year; if she will make further resources available to enable schools to enrol these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32854/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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Defective Building Materials
David Stanton
176. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered an expansion of his Department’s Building Blocks Capital Programme to make capital grants available to potential childcare service providers towards the cost of purchasing premises to develop childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Disability Services
David Stanton
85. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 30 May 2023, to outline the progress made, if any, by his Department in putting in place support measures for vulnerable young adults with intellectual disabilities to attend training centres and workshops post-second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
David Stanton
118. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has examined ways of reducing the level of bureaucracy associated with the National Childcare Scheme for both families and childcare service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32400/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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EU Bodies
David Stanton
270. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the timing and publication of the regulatory impact assessment on the required legislation ahead of the referendum on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court, in light of the fact that the court has already gone live across Europe and that Ireland’s ability to play an influential role diminishes the more time that passes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
David Stanton
407. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments currently being made under the rent supplement scheme; the total cost per week; the total amount paid out under this scheme in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
David Stanton
485. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will re-examine the decision not to grant an earlier date of payment for a core funding application for a childcare service provider (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Work Permits
David Stanton
11. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing partners and spouses of holders of intra-company transfer employment permits to be eligible for an employment permit in their own right in a similar way to the current eligibility of partners and spouses of holders of critical skills employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Work Permits
David Stanton
23. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by his Department for intra-company transfer employment permits in each respective year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of successful applications in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31381/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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School Management
David Stanton
119. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals made under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to the Secretary General of her Department in 2021 and 2022, respectively and to date in 2023; the number of these appeals in each category; the number of cases each year to which an appeals committee was appointed; the further number of these appeals where a hearing was conducted; the final number of these appeals that were upheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31510/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Legislative Reviews
David Stanton
126. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the dates when a review of the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Education Act 1998 have been conducted as mandated under the Act; the person or persons who carried out any such review in each case; the outcome of these reviews; her plans, if any, to have further reviews carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31506/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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National Development Plan
David Stanton
34. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline the interaction his Department has had with the Department of Transport with respect to the delivery of projects under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/23]